Paris (AFP)

The Paris SG announced Wednesday to have generated a turnover of 637.8 million euros in the year 2018-2019, revenues up 17.7% thanks to the increase in sponsorship revenue but which still remain far enough from the best European clubs.

For comparison, FC Barcelona is approaching one billion euros in turnover, while Real Madrid has announced revenues of 757 million euros over the same period (excluding transfers of players).

With the Nike equipment manufacturer, and ALL, the brand of the hotel group Accor, PSG signed in 2018-2019, "the two largest sponsorship contracts in its history," welcomed the Paris president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, cited in the club's annual report.

These two agreements are valued in total at around 150 million euros annually, to which are added the contribution of 12 new partners who have just joined the Parisian club.

"The PSG brand continues its rise, building on an attractiveness that has never reached such a peak, especially with major international brands," said Al-Khelaïfi.

At the level of other commercial resources, the "match day" revenues from ticketing and VIP lodges (hospitality) reached 115 million euros, against 24 million euros in 2011, before the entry to the capital of the club. Qatari Qatari Fund.

The match against Bruges, Wednesday night in the Champions League, is also the 60th in a row "sold out" at the Parc des Princes. A performance that owes much to the effect Neymar, the Brazilian superstar recruited for a record amount of 222 million EUR in the summer of 2017.

In detail, TV rights generated EUR 156 million, while the sale of derivative products ('merchandising') generated EUR 60.4 million, a figure which increased by 9.2%, driven in particular by the partnership with the Jordan brand (Nike).

PSG, whose accounts are scrutinized by UEFA, won a financial fair play (FPF) legal victory last March, which prevents clubs from spending more money than they earn their own means.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the file, which UEFA wanted to reopen, was "closed".

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